he is the top democrat in the house on energy issue, and he has been really confrontational with the oil industry, particularly on safety issues. at a time when lots and lots of his colleagues in congress have been quietly and happily awash in oil money. but ed markey has just been a bulldog on the oil industry over the years, particularly on public safety. during the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010, for example, it was ed markey who brought national attention to the fact that the big oil companies, including bp, had basically just mailed it in when it came to their oil response plans. these documents that were supposed to describe in great detail exactly what they would do in the event of a disaster, ed markey hauled the oil industry's executives up to capitol hill to call them on what was really in those plans, to do this -- >> these five companies have response plans that are virtually identical. the plans cite identical response capabilities and out the identical ineffective equipment. like bp, three other companies include references to protecting walruses, which have not cal